Prairie Band Potawatomie Tribe, Kansas

Site Overview

Site Location

Northeast Kansas

Site Description

A petroleum spill impacted Big Soldier Creek on tribal land in April 1997. The tribe seeks to remediate the shores and sediments to reestablish fishing and recreational resources lost due to contamination.

Organization Requesting Assistance

Tribal Environmental Planning Office

Beginning Date of Assistance

April 1998

Summary of TOSC Assistance

TOSC personnel conducted a site visit, attended a resource committee meeting, and provided telephone coordination with agencies providing assistance. TOSC also referred the tribe to a professional consulting company and attended site assessment with tribal employees and consultant.

NOTE:  The EPA TOSC and TOSNAC programs have ended.